#EF8DEE colour

#EF8DEE is a light magenta close to CSS violet. RGB 239, 141, 238, HSL 301, 75%, 75%. Black text passes AAA (9.71:1), white fails (2.16:1).

#EF8DEE

Nearest CSS name: violet #ee82ee (not an exact match)
Described as: a light magenta
Red, green, blue: 239, 141, 238
Web safe: No
Luminance: 0.4357 (WCAG relative luminance, 0 is black, 1 is white)

Colour codes

HEX	`#ef8dee`
RGB	`rgb(239, 141, 238)`
RGB (percent)	`rgb(93.7% 55.3% 93.3%)`
HSL	`hsl(300.6, 75.4%, 74.5%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(300.6, 41%, 93.7%)`
HWB	`hwb(300.6 55.3% 6.3%)`
CMYK (naive)	`cmyk(0%, 41%, 0%, 6%)`
CIELAB (D50)	`lab(71.88% 48.37 -33.04)`
OKLCH	`oklch(77.89% 0.1688 327.41)`
Decimal	`15699438`

CMYK here is the plain formula with no colour profile, so treat it as a starting point; a printer's profile gives the real ink values. CIELAB uses a D50 white point, as CSS lab() does. HSV is not a CSS function, so it is shown for design apps only.

Contrast with white and black text

White text, 2.16:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Black text, 9.71:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Text	Ratio	AA normal (4.5)	AA large (3)	AAA normal (7)	AAA large (4.5)
White	2.16:1	Fail	Fail	Fail	Fail
Black	9.71:1	Pass	Pass	Pass	Pass

Black text is the better choice on #EF8DEE (9.71:1). Ratios use the WCAG 2.2 formula; large text means at least 24px, or 18.66px bold. Check another pair.

Tints and shades

Mixed with white, then with black, in ten even steps (straight sRGB mixing, as most design tools do).

9%#f097f0 18%#f2a2f1 27%#f3acf3 36%#f5b6f4 45%#f6c1f6 55%#f8cbf7 64%#f9d6f9 73%#fbe0fa 82%#fceafc 91%#fef5fd

9%#d980d8 18%#c473c3 27%#ae67ad 36%#985a97 45%#824d82 55%#6d406c 64%#573357 73%#412641 82%#2b1a2b 91%#160d16

Colour harmonies

Hue turned around the HSL colour wheel, saturation and lightness kept.

Complementary

The hue opposite on the colour wheel (180°).

#ef8dee #8def8e

Analogous

Neighbours 30° either side.

#bf8def #ef8dee #ef8dbd

Triadic

Three hues 120° apart.

#ef8dee #eeef8d #8deeef

Split complementary

The two hues either side of the complement (150° and 210°).

#ef8dee #bdef8d #8defbf

Tetradic (square)

Four hues 90° apart.

#ef8dee #efbf8d #8def8e #8dbdef

How it looks with colour blindness

Normal vision#ef8dee Protanopia#86a8f1 Deuteranopia#a0b5eb Tritanopia#f596b3 Achromatopsia#b0b0b0

Simulated with the Machado, Oliveira and Fernandes (2009) matrices at full severity, applied in linear RGB; achromatopsia shows the colour's luminance as grey. Milder forms (protanomaly, deuteranomaly) are far more common and shift colours less. Never use colour as the only way to carry meaning.

CSS

Text colour	`color: #ef8dee;`
Background	`background-color: #ef8dee;`
Border	`border: 1px solid #ef8dee;`
Half transparent	`background-color: rgb(239 141 238 / 50%);`
Custom property	`--colour-main: #ef8dee;`
Gradient to a darker shade	`background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ef8dee, #8f558f);`
Gradient from a lighter tint	`background: linear-gradient(180deg, #f5bbf5, #ef8dee);`
Text on this colour	`background-color: #ef8dee; color: #000;`

Similar named colours

Distance is measured in OKLab, scaled by 100; under about 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

Convert #EF8DEE to other formats · Build a palette from it · Check contrast · All named colours

Colour names from CSS Color Module Level 4. Palette values from the Tailwind CSS v3 default palette (MIT licence) and the Material Design 2014 colour palette as published in Material Design Lite (Apache License 2.0). All other values are calculated from the hex code.